Game isn't over for immigration reform

4:59 PM,
Oct. 29, 2013

Written by

Byron York

The Senate and House had not even settled the final details of ending the government shutdown before President Obama was on to his next priority. "We still need to pass a law to fix our broken immigration system," Obama said on the night of Oct. 16 as Capitol Hill scrambled to end the standoff. In case anyone missed it, the next morning he declared: "We should finish the job of fixing our broken immigration system."

There's no doubt the president wants an immigration deal; he's talked about it for years, and now can't put it off until another term. But could the Republican-controlled House of ...